photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
Tag Archive: layoffs
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
Your career is no longer a comfort zone
With all the talk of goals, resolutions and great intentions for 2011, I’d like to give you a resolution for 2011 you must keep. Must keep. Here it is: Invest in your career in a way to give you employment security, not merely job security. The reasons for this are both obvious and subtle. Let’s…
Layoffs are good for you and industry
Over at Wired, there is an article that suggests layoffs are good both for you and for the technology industry. It’s a provocative title, to be sure. The argument is that workers in Silicon Valley have a culture of not doing work they don’t like — so they job-hop. Not for promotions or climbing the…
The 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant
There’s a lot of job advice out there — some of it is even contradictory within the same article. But some of the advice is just pathetic. Here are my nominations for the 3 worst pundit methods to make your job layoff-resistant. Arrive early and stay late The clock, after all, is what counts, isn’t…
Despite recession, it might be time to move on
There are plenty of reasons to try and stay with your current employer. Like having a job, health insurance, stock options or restricted stock, bonuses coming, or something else that enables you to decide to stay rather than risk going. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consistently evaluate your situation. Just because companies are raining…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs…
If you thought 2008 was bad for layoffs, welcome to 2009. With layoffs often announced with earnings — and over 900 of the S&P companies announcing earnings this week — you can expect a lot of layoff announcements. CNN notes that today is “Bloody Monday” with over 71,000 layoffs announced. Yeah, 71,000. Whole cities are…
Merrill Lynch Management Sucks
You gotta hand it to the management team at Merrill Lynch: they know how to screw everyone else for their own good. Three days before the Bank of America merger, some months before the regularly scheduled timing, Merrill’s management doled out bonuses like it was 1999. Not bailout time. Market Watch’s headline — Merrill’s bonus…
When you can’t trust your management team…
When you can’t trust your management team, knowledge workers talk to each other. Because they can. When you can’t trust your management team, people look for every signal they can find and then interpret the signal in relation to the worst that can happen. When you can’t trust your management team, you start looking at…
You’ve been upgraded
You thought this post was about airline seats, right? Nope. Layoffs. The best euphemism for getting fired: “you’ve been upgraded.” As the Workplace Prof Blog noted from a reader who was laid off with: We are going to upgrade you with immediate effect. We are going to allow you to move on in order that…
Tag Archive: layoffs
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
Careers are over
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos Most of us realize that just having a job does not make it a career. But there are a lot of us out there that think the goal in our adult working life is to have a career, not just a job. Unfortunately, careers are over. Think about it. In…
5 actions employees should take in case of debt default
photo credit: Johnny Vulkan The traditional media is finally catching up to what a lot of us have seen for a while: There is a very good possibility that the United States will default on its debt on August 2nd by not raising the debt ceiling. The impact of that, according to pundits, is anything…
How the Employment Security Hierarchy helps protect your income
Job security doesn’t cut it anymore. The days of working at a company for a lifetime are long, long gone. Heck, even working for the same manager for a long time is long, long gone. It’s clear that corporate churn, corporate reorganizations, and downsizing (or, in the company viewpoint, rightsizing…) is here to stay. When…
3 career lessons from 2011
photo credit: TC Morgan Photography Pundits will have their best and worst of 2011 articles out there. The best and worst needs noting, of course, but, to me, neither of them are actionable. Instead, I like to look at the experiences we’ve had over the year and then determine what lessons we can learn from…
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